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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> intriguing new twists and turns in the scandal that's gripping washington, indeed the nation and much of the world. the affair that led general dividend petraeus to resign as director of the central intelligence agency. we're finding out that at least one lawmaker here in washington may have learned of it ahead of the president and there are questions about the investigation that led to petraeus' stunning downfall. brian todd's been working the story for us and getting new information. brian, tell our viewers what's the latest? >> we found out that the house majority leader, republican congressman eric cantor, may have found out almost two weeks before the president did. this and other time lines we're following on the investigation have led to genuine anger over why the white house and other top congressional leaders weren't told sooner. a time line cnn has put together shows the republican house majority leader may have known about former cia dire
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. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence committee. dianne feinstein says it is like something off the front page of a tab roid mloid magazine and s demanding answers. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with stunning twists in the scandal that brought down the head of the cia, general david petraeus. another u.s. general is caught in the same tangled web. john allen, top commander in afghanistan, is being investigated by the pentagon for allegedly sending inappropriate e-mails to a married woman, the same woman whose complaint of threatening e-mails from general petraeus' lover cracked the scandal wide open. barbara st
. >>> it is time for "the situation room" and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> ted, thanks very much. happening now. another top commander in a widening scandal swirling around general david petraeus. john allen is now the subject of a pentagon investigation. it centers around hundreds, possibly thousands of e-mails sent to this woman. details of where she fits into an increasingly tangled web of relationships. i'll talk about all of this with the chair of the senate intelligence...
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm candy crowley and you're in "the situation room". >>> we begin with the state of unemployment in america, just three months before election day. both democrats and republicans have something to seize on in the newest jobs report. employers say they added 163,000 jobs to the u.s. economy in july. that's better than economists expected, and something for the obama camp to hang its hat on. but the romney camp is pointing to this figure, the overall unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 8.3%, because american households report losing 195,000 jobs. we want to bring in our white house correspondent, dan lothian. so sounds like kind of a wash, politically, dan. >> it does. and what the president is trying to do is highlight the positive, as you pointed out. yes, the unemployment rate did tick up to 8.3%, but what they're focused on is the fact that jobs were created, more jobs than expected. the experts out there, economists had expected that some 95,000 jobs would have been created las
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wolf blitzer's off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." >>> a major test of the two-day-old cease-fire between israel and hamas. the militant group says israeli soldiers fired on farmers trying to reach their land near the border killing one person and injuring 25 others. the israeli military says the people were protesters trying to enter israel and that they ignored warning shots. while that incident is being disputed, there's broad agreement that the recent fighting has left hamas in a stronger position than it was before. cnn's brian todd has more for us. brian, what's going on with hamas? >> joe, right now it certainly looks hamas is stronger politically morning it was before this. a group u.s. and israel consider a terrorist group. at this moment it's the major power among the palestinians. in gaza, celebrations and declarations of victory. this is the side which had scores of its facilities destroyed, more than 100 of its people killed. yet for the leaders of hamas, it signifies a strategy that works.
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wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> it's been a historic week in the middle east, but the cease-fire between israel and hamas was only a first step toward seeking a broader piece in a very volatile region. and now one of the crucial players in securing the truce is under fire in his own country. in egypt, we've seen huge protests against president mohamed morsi and the new powers he assumed just a day after the truce. he's insisting he's committed to democracy, but opponents are calling him a dictator it could be a complication for the cease-fire between israel and hamas negotiations moving forward. let's go to cnn's reza sayah in cairo. >> reporter: joe, the coming weeks here in egypt are going to be fascinating when it comes to politics. that's because there is an intensifying faceoff between egyptian president mohamed morsi and his opponents. outrage aimed at mr. morsi after the announcement of a number of controversial decrees earlier this week that give him sweeping powers. t
wolf blitzer is off. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." ♪ >>> it's been a historic week in the middle east, but the cease-fire between israel and hamas was only a first step toward seeking a broader piece in a very volatile region. and now one of the crucial players in securing the truce is under fire in his own country. in egypt, we've seen huge protests against president mohamed morsi and the new powers he assumed just a day after the truce. he's insisting...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's coverage in iowa where president obama kicked off a two-day coast-to-coast swing through eight states. he's calling it a campaign marathon extravaganza. likening it to an all-nighter. no surprise his itinerary consistents almost entirely of battleground states. cnn's chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is traveling with the president. >> reporter: wolf, president obama is hopping around the nation stumping for early votes and undecided voters. it's the kind of whirlwind tour you usually see in the last 48 hours before el
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hour's...
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." [ gunfire ] >>> we begin this hour in syria where the battle for aleppo, the country's commercial capital, is unfolding. the rebel free syrian army is making incremental gains according to an opposition group seizing control of two police stations including this one in a central part of the city with at least 40 police officers said to be killed in the battle. nearby rebel forces have captured dozens of regime fighters. cnn's ivan watson is on the ground in northern syria and got an exclusive look at the world's newest prisoners of war. a warning, his report has some graphic images. >> we're in a rebel-controlled makeshift prison in a school where they're keeping 112 prison prisoners. they're going to show us the prisoners' conditions right now. instead of school children, this crowded classroom holds at least 40 prisoners. we won't show their faces because most of them clearly don't want to be filmed perhaps fearing retribution against their families.
wolf blitzer is off today. i'm joe johns. you're in "the situation room." [ gunfire ] >>> we begin this hour in syria where the battle for aleppo, the country's commercial capital, is unfolding. the rebel free syrian army is making incremental gains according to an opposition group seizing control of two police stations including this one in a central part of the city with at least 40 police officers said to be killed in the battle. nearby rebel forces have captured dozens of...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary general has arrived in egypt as part of an urgent international push for a cease fire. israeli troops and tanks on the border awaiting the order that could come at any time to invade gaza and turn this to in to a full-scale war. my colleagues and i are in the region. we are covering all sides of this conflict as only cnn can. earlier today i traveled to southern israel, tt's near israel's border with gaza where people live every day with a threat of rocket attacks and we experience what they go through firsthand. within minutes of ar
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> across southern israel and gaza right now, you can smell the smoke. see the damage and feel the fear. palestinian officials now say more than 100 people killed in gaza after nearly a week of air attacks by israel. israel says hamas militants can stop the suffering in a second if they stop shooting hundreds of rockets across the border. those rockets have killed three israelis since the conflict began. the u.n. secretary...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the obama administration's latest attempt to explain the misleading information given out in the days after the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya died in what we now know was a terrorist attack. but that isn't what the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice said when she went on national television five days after the attack. today rice is up on capitol hill. she's explaining what happened and some big-name republicans clearly are not very happy with her answers. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is following what's become a pretty long day -- a tiring day for the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. what's the latest, dana? >> reporter: wolf, the three republican senators who had vowed to block susan rice from being secretary of state if the president nominates her had really softened the rhetoric in recent days. i'm told the reason for
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with the obama administration's latest attempt to explain the misleading information given out in the days after the september 11th attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans including the u.s. ambassador to libya died in what we now know was a terrorist attack. but that isn't what the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice said when she went on national television five days after...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> once again a gunman's bullets have peers americans' sense of security this time striking inside a house of worship. we now know the names of the six people killed at a sikh temple in wisconsin yesterday morning and know more about the gunman who died at the scene, a u.s. army veteran who may have had ties to white supremacist organizations. brian todd joins us from oak creek, wisconsin. you've been talking to a witness as well as tols officials. what are you hearing? >> wolf, we've got a lot of important new information this hour. we've got names of some of the people who played pivotal roles in this event and new details about the shooter's path at the temple. narinda can't escape it, a moment of horror. she was among the first to see the shooter as he started his rampage at the temple at wisconsin. she says she was parking her car when she saw the suspect now identified as wade michael page approach the lead pr
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> once again a gunman's bullets have peers americans' sense of security this time striking inside a house of worship. we now know the names of the six people killed at a sikh temple in wisconsin yesterday morning and know more about the gunman who died at the scene, a u.s. army veteran who may have had ties to white supremacist organizations. brian todd joins us from oak...
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i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> the deadliest latest conflict between israel and ha moose. we're live in jerusalem for word of any diplomatic progress. there's been talk in the day about -- israel responded to fresh rocket attacks from gaza with missile strikes that killed at least five people including a child according to gaza health officials. the israeli army dropped leaflets warning residents in some areas to leave immediately for gaza city even indicating which routes they should take to stay safe. earlier today i visited the israeli town of beersheva. the family who lives in this home told me they made it to their safe room with only about 30 seconds to spare. the israel defense forces says one of its soldiers was killed by a hamas rocket earlier today. a total of five israelis have now been killed in this week of fighting. throughout the day whaling sirens have sent people in israel running for shelter including cnn's frederik pleitgen. take a look at what happened when he
i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> the deadliest latest conflict between israel and ha moose. we're live in jerusalem for word of any diplomatic progress. there's been talk in the day about -- israel responded to fresh rocket attacks from gaza with missile strikes that killed at least five people including a child according to gaza health officials. the israeli army dropped leaflets warning residents in some areas to leave immediately for gaza...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's hard words in the negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. that steep across the board spending cut and tax increase scheduled to hit in just 33 days. in a scathing assessment today, the speaker of the house john boehner says there's been no substantive progress on a deal. need to realize there can be no deal without tax rates going up for top earners. let's go live to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she's got more on the latest developments. tough talk from both sides, jessica. >> reporter: tough talk and some bright lines, wolf. on the same day that treasury secretary tim geithner went to capitol hill to meet with both democrats and republicans to talk about these negotiations, there is tense body language and tough words on both sides of pennsylvania avenue. they're starting to sound dug-in on capitol hill. >> all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap. it needs leade
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we begin with today's hard words in the negotiations to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. that steep across the board spending cut and tax increase scheduled to hit in just 33 days. in a scathing assessment today, the speaker of the house john boehner says there's been no substantive progress on a deal. need to realize there can be no deal without tax rates going up for top earners. let's go live to our chief white house...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on negotiations to avoid what's called the fiscal cliff. our white house correspondent jessica yellin was over at the east strip of the white house. you had a chance to speak to the president and ask him about that looming fiscal cliff. >> reporter: hi, wolf. that's right, i did. i asked the president why anyone should believe that he won't cave off of his position that he will not extend bush tax cuts for the wealthiest since he did just that in 2010. he said that he made his case explicitly clear during the last election. and that the
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> eight days after his re-election, president obama faced reporters in the midst of an unfolding scandal and with a potential economic crisis holding over his head. but he only got riled up when he responded to republican criticism of his united nations ambassador susan rice. more on that coming up. standby. but first, the president's careful responses about the investigation of this former cia chief david petraeus and on...
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i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming into "the situation room." we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an actual tie. mitt romney and president obama both at 48% among likely voters. romney gets post-convention boost of just one percentage point while president obama has dipped one percentage point. our chief national correspondent, john king, is over the magic wall along with democratic poster peter hart with a very first look at the numbers. john, a statistical margin of error. this is about as close as it gets. >> it is as close as it can get. we have one of the best in the business. peter is going to help us understand why romney didn't get a bigger bounce and what does the president have to do with his convention. peter, let's look at the number. i would suspect one reason the horse race moved a little bit is becau
i'm wolf blitzer in charlotte, north carolina. and you're in "the situation room." >>> this just coming into "the situation room." we want to get straight to our brand new cnn/orc polls on the state of the race for the white house on this the heels of the republican national convention in tampa. take a look at this. an actual tie. mitt romney and president obama both at 48% among likely voters. romney gets post-convention boost of just one percentage point while...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunships fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's raising concerns about the security of syria's chemical weapons stockpile. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly is covering this. >> spoke on the forum and asked a question about chemical weapons and whether the u.s. knows where the chemical weapons are. there was some concern over the way he answered that question. i think we have that. let's take a listen to that. >> are we able to identify where those weapons are? are they safe? are they secure? are they falling into the wrong hands? it's an important question for us. >
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> a ruthless seesaw battle for control of one of syria's cities. rebel fighters aren't backing down from government forces even with more than 150 new deaths reported just today. security forces are barrelling through the streets of aleppo while gunships fire from overhead. cnn's ivan watson is inside syria. he'll join us in awe moments. first, we're hearing from the u.s. counterterror chief here in aspen, colorado. and he's...
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i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> to hear republicans tell it, president obama is public enemy number one for big business. >> and it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. >> this is certainly the most anti-business administration since the carter years. >> so if president obama is so anti-business as republicans claim, why is the stock market done so well since he took office and the converse question is this. if president bush was so pro business, why did the markets collapse during his final year in office? let's look at the numbers right now. during the bush administration, dow jones industrials close the at an all-time high of 14,1648 back in 2007. but it started to collapse big-time during president bush's final year in office when the great recession really hit. on the day obama was inaugurated in 2009, the dow jones closed at 7,949, a loss of more than 6,000 points since that
i'm wolf blitzer. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> to hear republicans tell it, president obama is public enemy number one for big business. >> and it is the most anti-investment, anti-business, anti-jobs series of policies in modern american history. >> this is certainly the most anti-business administration since the carter years. >> so if president obama is so anti-business as republicans claim,...
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we will have more with wolf blitzer after this break. more live from tampa from republican national convention. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the day. the day that we say to the world of identity thieves "enough." we're lifelock, and we believe you have the right to live free from the fear of identity theft. our pledge to you? as long as there are identity thieves, we'll be there. we're lifelock. and we offer the most comprehensive identity theft protection ever created. lifelock: relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> all right. we're watching what's
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> my interview with john boehner coming up this hour. you're going to want to hear what the speaker of the house has to say on a whole range of issues, the presidential campaign, how he really feels about mitt romney, what he says about the president of the united states, where he agrees with the president and many issues where he strongly, strongly disagrees. what kind of relationship do they have? that interview coming up. but i want to get right to cnn's jim acosta. he's covering mitt romney today delivering some major messages of his own in this race for the white house. jim acosta is joining us from boston right now. what's going on on this day as far as the republican presidential candidate, jim, is concerned? >> reporter: wolf, the back and forth in this campaign right now is all about four words the president said nearly a week ago, the words you didn't build that. the comment has the romney campaign building a new line of attack that is reson
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> my interview with john boehner coming up this hour. you're going to want to hear what the speaker of the house has to say on a whole range of issues, the presidential campaign, how he really feels about mitt romney, what he says about the president of the united states, where he agrees with the president and many issues where he strongly, strongly disagrees. what kind of relationship do they have? that interview coming up....
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with chilling new details emerging about that suicide bomb attack on a bus full of israeli tourists in bulgaria. six people were killed, more than 30 injured. and there are now new clues about the bomber who was captured by surveillance cameras. and who he was -- and how he was -- what was he doing? was he carrying a fake american id? those are the suggestions. we'll go live to jerusalem in a moment for the latest israeli action. but first cnn's in bulgaria with the latest details. what's the latest there? >> reporter: we're literally meters away from that explosion took place. and some of the most crucial evidence came from the terminal right behind me. they were able to catch the suspect on video. he could be any backpack tourist looking at flight arrivals, but this is the man suspected of carrying out the deadly attack targeting israeli tourists in burgas, bulgaria. he was wandering around the airport up to an hour before the attack.
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> but we begin with chilling new details emerging about that suicide bomb attack on a bus full of israeli tourists in bulgaria. six people were killed, more than 30 injured. and there are now new clues about the bomber who was captured by surveillance cameras. and who he was -- and how he was -- what was he doing? was he carrying a fake american id? those are the suggestions. we'll go live to jerusalem in a moment for the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i'm here in aspen, colorado, where some of the most powerful national security leaders in the country are gathering for a major forum. we're going to get to that shortly. but first to the high security stakes in london going on right now. the summer olympic games kicking off today even though opening ser moannies are two days away. securities across the city are running very, very high despite the more than 18,000 troops, jet fighters, surface-to-air missiles and warships deployed. cnn's correspondent dan rivers is on board one of them. >> i've come on board hms ocean which is an amphibious assault ship and here on the river thames throughout the games. it will form a key part of the massive security operation that now involves more than 18,000 service personnel. this is the hangar in the center where the helicopters are kept and maintained when they're not flying. there are ten lynx helicopters on board, in total five navy, five army. and these air
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i'm here in aspen, colorado, where some of the most powerful national security leaders in the country are gathering for a major forum. we're going to get to that shortly. but first to the high security stakes in london going on right now. the summer olympic games kicking off today even though opening ser moannies are two days away. securities across the city are running very, very high despite the more than 18,000 troops,...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the troops already positioned along the border with gaza. a visit to gaza by egypt's prime minister failed to stop the bombardment and pull the region from the brink of all-out war. u.s. officials blame hamas for starting this conflict. but they are also urging to be measured in its response. the defense secretary leon panetta says israel and the palestinians need to negotiate a more permanent piece -- his words, a more permanent piece in the region. our pentagon correspondent barbara starr's been watching what's going on. barbara, what
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> hamas militants -- [ gunfire ] -- there they are. hamas militants in gaza keep unleashing rocket attacks on israel and get alarmingly close to jerusalem. a new provocation as they continue the air assault on what it calls terrorist targets in gaza. the death toll is rising along with fears of an all-out israeli ground invasion. the israeli cabinet has just approved the call-up of 75,000 army reservists in addition to the...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we're coming to you live from cnn's jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. he's now in poland with the president-elect. we're going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. i'm sure you've been moved by what you've seen so far. >> it's a holy city, a city of a great and courageous people. my wife and i first came here in 1995 and have been here four times now. we're moved and inspired by what we see here. >> do you consider jerusalem to be the capital? >> yes, of course. jew res l >> would you move the embassy to jerusalem? >> it's long been the policy of have the nation's embassy in the capital. if i were president, i would want to take it in consultation with the leadership of the government, which exists at that time. so i would follow the
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> today we're coming to you live from cnn's jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. he's now in poland with the president-elect. we're going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. i'm sure you've been moved by what you've...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with only 47 days to go until the election, the romney campaign's about to roll out another new strategy. voters will be seeing a lot more of mitt romney. in fact, we're only minutes away from his speech at a rally in florida. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us now live from sarasota to set the scene. jim, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, we expect mitt romney to be out here in sarasota, florida, in just a few minutes from now. this is where his advisors say after a relatively light schedule over the last couple weeks, mitt romney and his campaign will be picking up the pace. and after seeming to defend those comments on that hidden camera video on government dependency, romney appears to be shifting again on that message as well looking for something that will stick. after being caught on tape writing off 47% of voters as obama supporters who are dependent on government, mitt romney was checking his math at a candidate
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> with only 47 days to go until the election, the romney campaign's about to roll out another new strategy. voters will be seeing a lot more of mitt romney. in fact, we're only minutes away from his speech at a rally in florida. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us now live from sarasota to set the scene. jim, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, we expect mitt romney to be out here in sarasota,...
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i'm wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're now two hours into a cease-fire between israel and hamas and so far things have been relatively quiet. the israeli military reports at least two rockets being fired into israel after the cease-fire deadline. this is the scene right now in gaza city. it's remarkable. for the first time in days people are out in the streets. they are celebrating. traffic is bumper-to-bumper. everyone, everyone appears to be in celebration. people waving flags and firing guns in the air. while our crews saw outgoing rockets and heard explosions in the hours leading up to the cease-fire deadline, they've seen little or no military activity since then only the celebrating. [ gunfire ] secretary of state hillary clinton and egypt's foreign minister announced the deal in cairo after the secretary spent the day in intense face-to-face talks with the leaders of israel, the palestinian authority and egypt. >> this is a critical moment for the region. egypt's new governm
i'm wolf blitzer reporting from jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're now two hours into a cease-fire between israel and hamas and so far things have been relatively quiet. the israeli military reports at least two rockets being fired into israel after the cease-fire deadline. this is the scene right now in gaza city. it's remarkable. for the first time in days people are out in the streets. they are celebrating. traffic is bumper-to-bumper. everyone, everyone...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> as of today we're just 40 days away until the presidential election. and for the second day in a row both mitt romney and president obama have been campaigning in the same battleground state. this time it's virginia where both men targeted the same group of voters. let's walk over to cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been out on the campaign trail watching what's going on. another dramatic day. virginia, virginia, virginia. pretty important place. >> that's right. a rare visit to washington for me. but it's good to be home, wolf. all politics is local. so it was no surprise to hear both candidates hit on national security themes today in their speeches in virginia. but the state is much bigger than that. it's really a republican firewall for mitt romney. in battleground virginia, both president obama and mitt romney pulled out the heavy artillery before a group of veterans, romney slammed the president for the massive defense c
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> as of today we're just 40 days away until the presidential election. and for the second day in a row both mitt romney and president obama have been campaigning in the same battleground state. this time it's virginia where both men targeted the same group of voters. let's walk over to cnn's national political correspondent jim acosta who's been out on the campaign trail watching what's going on. another dramatic day....
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i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> some major concern in the united states. but here in israel, iran's nuclear ambitions are more disturbing. this country fits within striking distance of a possible iranian nuclear weapon. one that israeli officials are determined will not be built. i talked about that and a lot more in an exclusive interview today with the israeli defense minister, the former prime minister, ahud barak. defense minister, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> there was a report this week in one of the israeli newspapers that the u.s., the obama administration presented the israeli government with a military plan to take military action against iran's nuclear facilities. is that true? >> i don't think that that's a correct description. we're aware of the fact this administration has done more in diplomacy, more in sanctions than previous administrations. probably for good reasons. and they did a lot in terms of operation of deployment in the golf area. and i
i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> some major concern in the united states. but here in israel, iran's nuclear ambitions are more disturbing. this country fits within striking distance of a possible iranian nuclear weapon. one that israeli officials are determined will not be built. i talked about that and a lot more in an exclusive interview today with the israeli defense minister, the former prime minister, ahud barak. defense minister,...
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i am wolf blitzer reporting. just moments ago, we got our hands on what excerpts of what former president bill clinton is expected to say later when he hits the stage. let's get to the floor, cnn's dana bash is standing by. what are you hearing, dana, what's going on? >> reporter: we have the first excerpts what the former president is going to say. let's get them to you. he is going to say in tampa the republican argument against re-election was simple. we left him a total mess, he hasn't finished cleaning it up. so fire him and put us in. i like the argument for president obama re-election better. he inherited a deeply damaged economy put a floor under the crash began the long hard road to recovery and laid the foundation for more modern, well balanced economy that will produce millions of good new jobs, vibrant businesses and lots of new wealth for the innovators. i want to read one other ex-perexcerpt we got, a line that they hope will sell barack obama again to the country. the most important question is wha
i am wolf blitzer reporting. just moments ago, we got our hands on what excerpts of what former president bill clinton is expected to say later when he hits the stage. let's get to the floor, cnn's dana bash is standing by. what are you hearing, dana, what's going on? >> reporter: we have the first excerpts what the former president is going to say. let's get them to you. he is going to say in tampa the republican argument against re-election was simple. we left him a total mess, he...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around rl i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." at the united nations today. israeli's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the world stage literally drawing a red line he warns iran cannot cross in its development of nuclear weapons. cnn's foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york joining us now with the dramatic details. jill. >> reporter: right, wolf. red lines don't lead to war. red lines prevent wars. at least that's what the prime minister thinks. in a dramatic speech to the u. l assembly israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pulled out a chart showing a bomb then drew a red line near the top. >> a red line should be drawn right here. before iran completes the second stage ofuclerichment necessary to makea bomb. before iets tooint where 's a few monthsaway or a few weeks away from ain enough enriched uranium to make a nuclear weon. >> reporter: it was simplistic but chilling illustration of whenir's nuclear program must be stopped. and he laid out a im >> by xt spring, at
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around rl i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." at the united nations today. israeli's prime minister benjamin netanyahu on the world stage literally drawing a red line he warns iran cannot cross in its development of nuclear weapons. cnn's foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is in new york joining us now with the dramatic details. jill. >> reporter: right, wolf. red lines don't lead to war. red lines...
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley. and you're in "the situation room." >>> the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. >> reporter: that's right. he really could. he was right here in akron almost a month ago. it was part of his bus tour. and since he announced his re-election bid last spring, the president has been to this state about a dozen or so times. this is really a crucial state not only for the president but also for mitt romney. and today the president was going after his opponent on his tax plan saying they would be bad for the middle class. but the president also came under fire on two fronts, for proposed defense budget cuts and als
wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley. and you're in "the situation room." >>> the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up...
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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. it's a bipartisan goal, but there's partisan bickering over how to pay for it and now the white house is upping the ante with a veto threat. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is watching this unfold. what are you seeing on capitol hill, kate? >> this fight against student loans is about much more than student loans but it's drawn familiar battle lines. house republicans versus president obama and congressional democrats. >> reporter: defying a veto threat from president obama house republicans push ahead friday to pass a bill extending lower interest rates for federally funded college loan, about you it wasn't without a healthy dose of political theater. >> and they picked this political fight where there is no fight is just silly. give me a break. >> r
i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. it's a bipartisan goal, but there's partisan bickering over how to pay for it and now the white house is upping the ante with a veto threat. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is watching this unfold. what are you seeing on...
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wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley. and you're in "the situation room." >>> first to some breaking news out of texas. a bomb threat at san antonio international airport. planes are being kept away from the terminal. and passengers have been evacuated. we want to go straight to cnn's ed lavandera with the very latest. hey, ed. >> reporter: hey, candy. well, this has now been going on for a little more than an hour and a half. a spokesman with the airport says that terminal a has been swept and no explosive devices found there. so people are being allowed to return into that area. terminal a is still being evacuated -- is still evacuated. that's the much larger terminal, candy. that's the terminal that is host southwest airline gates as well as delta airlines gates. that's the much more used terminal there at the san antonio airport. this is an airport in the midst of a massive construction project that's been going on for several years. but what we've learned from san antonio police officers here is that they have bomb t
wolf blitzer is off today. i'm candy crowley. and you're in "the situation room." >>> first to some breaking news out of texas. a bomb threat at san antonio international airport. planes are being kept away from the terminal. and passengers have been evacuated. we want to go straight to cnn's ed lavandera with the very latest. hey, ed. >> reporter: hey, candy. well, this has now been going on for a little more than an hour and a half. a spokesman with the airport says...
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wolf blitzer is off. you're in "the situation room." >>> the obama administration gives in and replies to a rare order from a federal judge. the latest round there a legal and political fight over the health care reform law. things escalated this week when president obama warned the supreme court against overturning himself cherished legislation. some appeals court judges took offense and demanded a written explanation. they got one. let's begin with cnn congressional correspondent kate baldwin. kate, the administration has answered this request. so where do things stand now? >> to use a sport metaphor, i'd say the ball may still be in play, joe. i wouldn't call this letter a bombshell but it's definitely another strange twist in this political battle that has no end in sight. three pages single spaced. that was the unusual order by a federal ciuit court. attorney general eric holder personally responded saying nothing has changed. the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is
wolf blitzer is off. you're in "the situation room." >>> the obama administration gives in and replies to a rare order from a federal judge. the latest round there a legal and political fight over the health care reform law. things escalated this week when president obama warned the supreme court against overturning himself cherished legislation. some appeals court judges took offense and demanded a written explanation. they got one. let's begin with cnn congressional...